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Sir Julian Lewis vs Paulette Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 698 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 675 different votes 698 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
14 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
6 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
80 Aye 11 No
Migration 1% aligned 91 shared votes
10 Aye 81 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,885
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
890
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
995
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

354
+278.3 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
475
+340.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
74
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
81 of 89 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 75 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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